if somebody died, would you be able to tell if it was because of a certain disease?

Question: if somebody died, would you be able to tell if it was because of a certain disease?
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  disease
Asked by em to Ellie on 7 Nov 2016.
- Ellie Paige answered on 7 Nov 2016:
  
  I wouldn’t be able to do this but a doctor who does autopsies (a person called a ‘pathologist’) would likely be able to. These doctors can examine all parts of a dead body to try and tell what type of disease or injury the person has died from. Sometimes a medical doctor can also tell the cause of death by both looking at the body and using what they know about that person’s history (for example, what diseases they had, what treatments they were taking).

Question: if somebody died, would you be able to tell if it was because of a certain disease?